Thanks for the note. You caught me off-guard since my interest normally does not include that forum and I admit up front i have no direct knowledge of its current state. As noted by others it seems from the surface that this did not take place overnight, rather over a long period of time and the slow change was not something which would normally have caught my eye anyway.

Having said all that, let me try and click around there, think about the future of said thread in light of the overall goals of FlyerTalk - which remember, is based upon the interests of its members, at least the input. It might be that the members of FT actually like its current state. So many things to consider and research from my starting point. With an aggressive travel agenda through the first part of Oct. (I'm still focused on miles and points - including the hard way, by flying...)

Hope you can understand why it is difficult to render any immediate thoughts.

Again, thanks for the question and support of FlyerTalk.